NHTSA Complaint #10234318 — 2007 PONTIAC VIBE

WE'VE HAD OUR 2007 PONTIAC VIBE FOR 6 MONTHS NOW. IT HAS ~4200 MILES ON IT. IT IS A FAMILY CAR AND IS DRIVEN BY ME AND MY WIFE (45 & 43). JUST THIS WEEKEND I WAS DRIVING FROM ROCHESTER NY TO MANASSAS VA AND EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED BY THE ONE DESCRIBED AT: HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/PONTIAC/VIBE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10231583 INCIDENT DATE: JUNE 18, 2008 DATE ADDED TO FILE: JUNE 19, 2008 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE FIRST "EVENT", I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND GRADUALLY FELT THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRING MORE AND MORE PRESSURE TO KEEP THE PEDAL DEPRESSED AND THE CAR STANDING STILL (CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME). FORTUNATELY, I ONLY HAD TO ENDURE ABOUT 10 SECONDS OF APPLYING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL BEFORE THE LIGHT CHANGED AND CARS BEGAN MOVING. THE SECOND INCIDENT, I WAS LESS FORTUNATE. I WAS IN A LONG LINE OF CARS THAT WERE STOPPED WAITING TO GET BY AN ACCIDENT SCENE. I WAS WAITING APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, CAR IDLING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH MY NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, REALIZED THE CAR WAS MOVING FORWARD. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE WITH MY RIGHT FOOT AS HARD AS A COULD, AND THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET THEN REALIZED I WOULD SOON HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND JAMMED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL---THE TRANSMISSION THUDDED BUT I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, THOUGH PROBABLY DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION SOME. *TR